Kevin Ryan#
| Membership Number: | 6067 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.beatson.gla.ac.uk/Cancer-Metabolism-Growth-and-Survival/kevin-ryan-tumour-cell-death.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1059-9681 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007, October - present Full Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- 2007, March - present Senior Group Leader (Tenured) and Head of Tumor Cell Death Laboratory, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, Scotland
- 2002, April - 2008, April Cancer Research UK Senior Cancer Research Fellow
- 2001, November - 2007, February Group Leader and Head of Tumor Cell Death Laboratory, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, Scotland
- 1996, September - 2001, October Post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Karen H. Vousden, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland. Investigations to understand the mechanisms underlying the tumor suppressive functions of the human p53 protein
- 1995, July - 1996, August Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. G.J. Graham at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK. Investigations to identify genes involved in the establishment and maintenance of the haemopoeitic stem cell
Fields of Scholarship
- Apoptosis
- p53
- Autophagy
- Apoptosis
- Tumour suppressors
- Cell death
- Metabolism
- Cancer
- Transcription factors
Honours and Awards
- May 2022 Elected to the Fellowship of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences (EACS)
- October 2016 Elected to the ECDO Academy
- February 2016 Elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. (FRSE) - Scotland's National Academy.
- June 2012 Tenovus Medal for excellence in biomedical research. (Information on the medal and previous recipients can be found at - https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/tenovus
)
- February 2010 European Association for Cancer Research ‘Cancer Researcher Award’ – At the time, the highest award of the European Association for Cancer Research given to a researcher under 40.
- October 2009 Elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Biology, FRSB
- April 2009 Elected to the Fellowship of the Institute of Biology, FIBiol
- June 2002 Certificate of Merit-European Association for Cancer Research
- November 2001 Recipient of a Cancer Research UK Senior Cancer Research Fellowship
- October 2000 National Institutes of Health Year 2001 Fellows Award for Research Excellence
- September 1999 National Institutes of Health Year 2000 Fellows Award for Research Excellence
